Billy Howard

{{Short description|English comedian}}

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Billy Howard is an English comedian and impressionist,{{Cite web|url=http://www.billyhoward.tv/bio.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910151104/http://www.billyhoward.tv/bio.html|url-status=dead|title=Bio|archivedate=10 September 2011|website=Billyhoward.tv|accessdate=1 February 2021}} who appeared on the ITV series Who Do You Do? in the early 1970s, alongside other impressionists such as Faith Brown.{{Cite web|url=http://www.billyhoward.tv/images/4large/IMP12.%20IMP11.%20MORE%20WORDS.gif|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910152024/http://www.billyhoward.tv/images/4large/IMP12.%20IMP11.%20MORE%20WORDS.gif|url-status=dead|title=Billyhoward.tv/images|archivedate=10 September 2011|accessdate=1 February 2021}}

Howard was born in Edgware, London, England.{{Cite web|url=http://www.billyhoward.tv/bio.html|title=Bio|website=Billyhoward.tv|accessdate=1 February 2021}} He commenced his musical career as a jazz trumpeter and guitarist, playing in jazz combos in the early 1960s. In 1976, his single "King of the Cops", a comic version of the hit "King of the Road", reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart; it featured his impressions of TV cops including Kojak, Columbo, Steve McGarrett in Hawaii Five-O, McCloud, Ironside and Cannon. Several months later, a follow-up, "The Disco Cops", was also released, but did not chart. Another comic record by Howard, "Frantic Frog (Parts 1 and 2)", was released in 1977 and also failed to chart.